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N0. 396 963 TOY FURNITURE.

Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

GARDNER ll. STONE, OF SYRACUSE, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO FRANK A. HALE, OF SAME PLACE.

TOY FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,963, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed Mai-@1115, 1888.

To all 717mm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, GARDNER 1T. STONE, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in. Toy Furniture, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact descri niion.

This invention consists in a novelconstruction of toyfurniture which is composed partly of sheet metal and partly of wood, and is neat in appearance, strong and durable, and can be manufactured expeditiously and at a Very small cost.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is aperspective view of a rocking-chair embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the blank from which the frame of the chair is formed, and Fig. l is a plan View of the blank from which the back of the chair is formed.

The top frame and legs of the furniture are formed of a blank stamped out of sheet metal and composed of an elongated straight strip, 1) b 1), branches a (1 o a, extending from one of the longitudinal edges of said strip, and bars 0 c 0, connecting said branches at points intermediate of their lengths, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, said blank being bent approximately at right angles to the plane of the blank on the dotted lines (1 d d d, drawn lengthwise through the branches a a (L a, and when thus bent the strip 1) I) 1) forms the top frame of the furniture, a a a a the legs thereof, and c c c the rails between the legs. The legs, being L- shaped in cross-section, are thus eifectually braced. The top frame, I? b b, encompasses a wooden top plate or board, t, and when said top plate constitutes the seat of a chair, as represented in the annexed drawings, an upholstering or cloth covering, f, is placed upon the plate t and made to lap onto the exterior of the top portion of the metallic frame, and a binding, 71, is laid upon the cloth along the marginal portion thereof, and all of the aforesaid parts are united by tacks or brads 1' i, driven through the binding, underlying cloth,

and top portion of metallic frame and into the Serial No. 267,234. (No model.)

wooden top plate, I, as illustrated. in Fig. 2 of 5c the (flrawings.

In forming the rocking-chair the tongueshaped end Z of the blank shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings is rolled into the shape of a tube or rounded rail, 1, which imparts to the top portion of the chair-back B a neat finish. The bottom portion of the said blank is tacked onto the wooden plate I, and preferablyadditionally secured by lapping the ends of the frame-blank, Fig. 3, over the exterior of the bottom portion of the blank, Fig. 4, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The described back may be also trimmed with a suitable cloth facing, n, by tacking onto the metallic back a leaf or thin plate of wood, 0, and fastening the cloth facing to said leaf in any suitable or well-known manner.

Having described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A piece of toy fiu'niture having its top frame and legs formed of a sheet-metal blank consisting of the elongated straight strip 1) b b, the branches a a a (1, extending from one of the longitudinal edges of said strip, and bars 7 5 c c 0 between said branches, said blank being bent approximately at right angles to the plane of the blank on the lines cl (1 through the branches at a a CL, substantially as described and shown.

2. A piece of toy furniture composed of a wooden top plate, a frame formed of a blank of sheet metal encompassing the said top plate, cloth covering the wooden top plate and lapping over the exterior of the top portion of 85 the metallic frame, a binding along the marginal portion of the cloth cover, and tacks or brads passing through the binding, underlying cloth, and metallic frame and into the wooden plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 7th day of March, 1888.

GARDNER H. STONE. [L. s]

\Vitnesses:

F. A. HALE, GEO. G. CoTToN. 

